Editing Geography of Albania (section)

== Borders ==
A total surface area of 28.748 square kilometres (11,100 sq mi), the country is located in the southeastern part of the [[Adriatic Sea|Adriatic]] and the northeastern part of the Ionian Sea, both located within the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. It has a length of borders of about {{convert|1094|km}}, {{convert|657|km}} of which are taken by terrestrial borders, {{convert|316|km}} of shore borders, {{convert|48|km}} [[List of rivers of Albania|river]] borders and {{convert|73|km}} of [[List of lakes of Albania|lake]] borders.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Influence of Physical Geographic Features in Albania on Human, Culture and Spatial|url=http://dspace.epoka.edu.al/bitstream/handle/1/372/649-1923-1-PB.pdf?sequence=1|website=dspace.epoka.edu.al|page=2|format=PDF}}</ref><ref name="Springer">{{cite book|title=Sustainable Development of Sea-Corridors and Coastal Waters: The TEN ECOPORT project in South East Europe|publisher=Springer|isbn=9783319113852|page=85|edition=Chrysostomos Stylios, Tania Floqi, Jordan Marinski, Leonardo Damiani|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OynyBwAAQBAJ&q=length+of+the+ionian+sea+albania&pg=PA85|date=7 April 2015}}</ref> Inland water surface is {{convert|1350|km²}}, composed by [[natural lake]]s {{convert|325|km²}}, [[Lagoon|coastal lagoon]]s {{convert|130|km²}}, [[artificial lake]]s {{convert|174|km²}} and rivers {{convert|721|km}}.<ref>{{cite book|title=Assessing the Comparative Advantage of Wheat Produced in Albania|publisher=Cuvillier Verlag|isbn=9783867279994|page=7|edition=Luce Agraja|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tAh-uPvUS9wC&q=albania+border+length&pg=PA7|year=2006}}</ref>

The countries of [[Montenegro]] ({{convert|173|km}}) and [[Kosovo]] ({{convert|114|km}}) border the country in the north and northeast, respectively.<ref name="Geografie - Albanien">{{cite web|title=Geografie – Albanien|url=https://www.uni-koblenz.de/~ist/ewis/algeo.html|publisher=University of Koblenz|language=de|quote=Angrenzende Länder – Griechenland 282 km}}</ref> A significant portion of this border connects high points and follows mountain ridges through the largely inaccessible [[Albanian Alps]]. The eastern border is shared with [[North Macedonia]], which stretches {{convert|151|km}}. This border is located at the [[tripoint]] between Albania, Kosovo, and North Macedonia passing through the [[Sharr Mountain|Sharr]] and [[Korab|Korab Mountain]]s and continues until it reaches Lake Ohrid and [[Lake Prespa]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Green Belt of Europe: From Vision to Reality|publisher=IUCN|isbn=9782831709451|page=68|edition=Andrew Terry, Karin Ullrich, Uwe Riecken|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1p5ka8DYAFwC&q=Albania%E2%80%93Kosovo%E2%80%93Macedonia+border+triangle&pg=PA68|year=2006}}</ref> The southern and southeastern border with [[Greece]] is {{convert|282|km}} long.<ref name="Geografie - Albanien"/> The border is located at the tripoint border between Albania, North Macedonia, and Greece running across the Large and [[Small Prespa Lake|Small Lake Prespa]] until it reaches the Ionian Sea at the [[Straits of Corfu|Strait of Corfu]].